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Normally a page number on a magazine cover or table of contents refers to when the section begins, not how many pages it is. 70 pages of the new Haruhi novel seems like an awful lot for a magazine promo.

It starts on p. 68 though. I agree with Kaisos in that it's likely 70 pages from the novel. It seems to be 54 rows of text (and including the inserted picture) with about 3 rows per magazine page. Having seen some of the text in the original novels, it appears that a row may fit on more than one page, giving it about 70 pages, I would assume.

It starts on p. 68 though. I agree with Kaisos in that it's likely 70 pages from the novel. It seems to be 54 rows of text (and including the inserted picture) with about 3 rows per magazine page. Having seen some of the text in the original novels, it appears that a row may fit on more than one page, giving it about 70 pages, I would assume.

I want to say that the guy in the first link you gave (where I got the 18 number from) thought it appeared to be about 30 novel pages worth, but I'm not sure, and of course he could be wrong.

I'm a little bothered by the "normality" of plot alpha. Kyon goes through an entire day and nothing eventful happens...

...so I'm waiting for the intervention by plot beta.

Frankly I'm more expecting alpha to get involed with beta. Alpha's the one with the slider, after all, presumably...

And as for the Sneaker translation...

Spoiler for Sneaker snippet:

All I can say is it's good to see they're back. It's almost like Tanigawa didn't miss a beat. But for the three-year delay almost.

Asakura is mind-bogglingly psycho awesome, as she should be. It's almost like she stepped off of the Higurashi set, and I couldn't be happier. And we were wrong about whose knife it is, and who "threw" it, but I guess she is technically catching it in that illustration... ^_^

Kuyoh... I'm glad to say I have no idea where Tanigawa is going with Kuyoh after this. None. One thing I can say is that if this ever reaches an anime adaptation, the scene between her and Asakura is going to be...interesting...

Kimidori... I don't know how he did it, but he actually managed to make a humanoid interface whose smiling face is more of an emotionless mask than Yuki's. She might be every bit as creepy as Asakura and Kuyoh...

And there are all kinds of little throwaway lines that have me going bonkers with speculation. Keikaku doori, I'm sure.... ^_^ God I can't wait for the entire novel to come out and get translated...

Cnet, you are awesome. I will never inwardly curse you for being a few hours later than I'd like with a Negima translation again... ^_^

Frankly I'm more expecting alpha to get involed with beta. Alpha's the one with the slider, after all, presumably...

And as for the Sneaker translation...

Spoiler for Sneaker snippet:

All I can say is it's good to see they're back. It's almost like Tanigawa didn't miss a beat. But for the three-year delay almost.

Asakura is mind-bogglingly psycho awesome, as she should be. It's almost like she stepped off of the Higurashi set, and I couldn't be happier.

Kuyoh... I'm glad to say I have no idea where Tanigawa is going with Kuyoh after this. None. One thing I can say is that if this ever reaches an anime adaptation, the scene between her and Asakura is going to be...interesting...

Kimidori... I don't know how he did it, but he actually managed to make a humanoid interface whose smiling face is more of an emotionless mask than Yuki's. She might be every bit as creepy as Asakura and Kuyoh...

And there are all kinds of little throwaway lines that have me going bonkers with speculation. Keikaku doori, I'm sure.... ^_^ God I can't wait for the entire novel to come out and get translated...

I love how Kyon now

Spoiler for translation:

pretty much hates all of the interfaces bar Yuki; it's becoming very clear that he favors Mikuru, Itsuki, and Yuki over their factions, and that he doesn't prefer any of them. Kimidori is like Yuki, except she conforms more to her orders; she's the most conformist (while Asakura is radical and Yuki's on the fringe).

Anyone else think Yuki's sickness is caused by Yuki trying to create contact and not because of any viruses the SCD is causing?

And I have a feeling Tanigawa's trying to get us to think that Kyon may choose the anti-SOS Brigade for the sake of saving Yuki.

Kuyou scared me. She friggin' smiled.

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pretty much hates all of the interfaces bar Yuki; it's becoming very clear that he favors Mikuru, Itsuki, and Yuki over their factions, and that he doesn't prefer any of them. Kimidori is like Yuki, except she conforms more to her orders; she's the most conformist (while Asakura is radical and Yuki's on the fringe).

Anyone else think Yuki's sickness is caused by Yuki trying to create contact and not because of any viruses the SCD is causing?

And I have a feeling Tanigawa's trying to get us to think that Kyon may choose the anti-SOS Brigade for the sake of saving Yuki.

Kuyou scared me. She friggin' smiled.

Spoiler for spoiler:

I think her illness is caused by whatever caused the split. Kyon as much as said that the timing of its onset appeared to be around the time he got the call from Sasaki (or from "Slider-tan", in alpha). Maybe beta is a splinter timeline chipped off from the original due to slider stuff, and Yuki, as whatever she is ("more than just another terminal" is I believe how Asakura put it) is sensitive to it, or it's affecting her ability to communicate with the Canopy Domain (thank God for cnet using that rather than "Sky Canopy Dominion")...

And I called it a long time ago that the Anti-Dan would offer to fix Yuki. It just looks like they're going to let Kyon do the asking. Sneaky. Gotta be one of Kyouko's parts of the plan...

I'm a little bothered by the "normality" of plot alpha. Kyon goes through an entire day and nothing eventful happens...

...so I'm waiting for the intervention by plot beta.

Spoiler for 10th book stuff:

It mentions in Alpha that the Anti-SOS brigade appeared, and the "In theory" seems to imply that a lot more has happened there then what has been shown. (From what I remember about the 9th book, the Anti-SOS brigade didn't make an appearance in the Alpha TL.)

It mentions in Alpha that the Anti-SOS brigade appeared, and the "In theory" seems to imply that a lot more has happened there then what has been shown. (From what I remember about the 9th book, the Anti-SOS brigade didn't make an appearance in the Alpha TL.)

Kuyou and Sasaki did. Kyon did not however meet Fujiwara or find out about Sasaki's powers.

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O-Haruhi-sama, we devote ourselves to your magnitude and wonderfulness and whatever else you want us to say.

I've read through the spoiler sections of this thread that I skipped over before having read the actual extract now, and I feel I should probably mention that yes, the Kuyou line that I translated as "Will you join me?" could just as easily be translated as "Will you / do you want to go out with me?". I was actually quite tempted to translate it in that way, but it seemed a little presumptuous. God alone knows what goes through that girl's mind. Actually, strike that. Haruhi's God, and she's as clueless as the rest of us.

I know. I'm hoping this is the last book. If there was a 3-year-hiatus and it turns out there's still more...-headdesk-

One thing that I've come to conclusion of over the course of reading the series, (and reading the translation of the 10th book preview.) is that there is way too much that has been covered. Ending the series here would be one hell of a cop-out on Tanigawa's part, and Kadokawa's too given the amount of money they put into. So, this won't be the end, there will be 11th book, but the wait for it won't be nearly as long. (My theory behind the hiatus is that Tanigawa got into a scuffle with his editors over "certain aspects" of the 9th and 10th books that ended turning into a game of chicken that ended in the fall of 2009 with one or both sides backing down from said scuffle.)